Q+A: Rap Genius

For this week’s Q+A, we shine the spotlight on the blog Rap Genius. We spoke to the website’s founder, Mahbod, about the increasingly popular blog , asked about the hardest song to ever have been “decoded,” and discussed what a day of running Rap Genius is like. Enjoy.

When, How & Why did you start Rap Genius?

My boy Tom asked me about the line “80 holes in your shirt: there your own Jamaican clothes” on Killa Cam’s Family Ties – the explanation I gave him was actually wrong LOL – but somebody fixed it. THANK GOD: http://rapgenius.com/Camron-family-ties-lyrics

In your opinion, what has been the hardest song to figure out that yourself or the Rap Genius community has had to crack?